Mobile device with smart gestures

• US 9,532,095 B2
• Filed: 11/29/2012
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FanVision Entertainment, LLC
• Original Assignee: FanVision Entertainment, LLC
• Inventors: Pacor, Victor J., O'Byrne, Charles John, Arseneau, Jean, Charette, Alain, Ahuja, Uday
• Primary Examiner(s): Pendleton, Brian T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gee, Alexander
• Application Number:
  US13/689,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20140150032A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,489 Days
• Field of Search: 725/38, 725/59, 725/62
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4331 Caching operations, e.g. of an advertisement for later insertion during playback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/472 End-user interface for requesting content, additional data or services; End-user interface for interacting with content, e.g. for content reservation or setting reminders, for requesting event notification, for manipulating displayed content end-user interfaces for retrieving video data from a database G06F16/739; network services for supporting unicast streaming H04L65/612
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/654 Transmission by server directed to the client

Abstract

Methods for automatically buffering and displaying video feeds associated with a live event are described. The video feeds displayed on the mobile device may comprise live video feeds or replays associated with the live event. A replay may comprise a playback of one or more buffered video feeds in a particular sequence and at a particular playback rate. The particular sequence may be determined based on the viewing behavior of the end user of the mobile device and/or the viewing behaviors of one or more other end users using other mobile devices at the live event. In some cases, the replay may comprise a shared replay in which a group of end users attending the live event may interact with each other while sharing a common replay.

Claims

1. A method for displaying video on a mobile device, comprising:

acquiring a plurality of video feeds of a live event as the live event occurs;

buffering the plurality of video feeds on the mobile device;

determining one or more group devices based on a physical location of each of the one or more group devices at the live event, the one or more group devices include a second mobile device different from the mobile device;

detecting that a break in action at the live event has occurred;

determining at the mobile device a replay sequence in response to detecting that the break in action at the live event has occurred, the determining a replay sequence includes determining a plurality of time periods corresponding with a replay time frame for the replay sequence and determining a video feed identifier for each time period of the plurality of time periods based on a most frequently displayed video feed of the plurality of video feeds previously displayed on the one or more group devices;

transmitting from the mobile device a replay synchronization signal for beginning the display of the replay sequence to the one or more group devices;

transmitting from the mobile device a plurality of video feed identifiers corresponding with the replay sequence to the one or more group devices; and

displaying on the mobile device and the one or more group devices portions of the plurality of video feeds corresponding with the replay sequence in response to transmitting the replay synchronization signal, the portions of the plurality of video feeds corresponding with the replay sequence are displayed on the mobile device and the one or more group devices at substantially the same time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the live event comprises a sporting event.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the replay time frame comprises a 30 second time window.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the live event comprises a sporting event; and

the detecting that a break in action at the live event has occurred includes determining whether a timeout has been called during the sporting event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the detecting that a break in action at the live event has occurred includes determining whether a game clock associated with the live event is stopped.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the determining the one or more group devices includes determining GPS locations associated with each of the one or more group devices.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting from the mobile device the replay time frame to the one or more group devices.

8. A mobile device for displaying video associated with a live event, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a plurality of video feeds of the live event as the live event occurs;

a buffer configured to buffer the plurality of video feeds on the mobile device as the live event occurs;

one or more processors configured to determine one or more group devices based on a physical location of each of the one or more group devices at the live event, the one or more group devices include a second mobile device different from the mobile device, the one or more processors configured to detect that a break in action at the live event has occurred and determine a replay sequence in response to detecting that the break in action at the live event has occurred, the one or more processors configured to determine a plurality of time periods corresponding with a replay time frame for the replay sequence and determine a video feed identifier for each time period of the plurality of time periods based on a most frequently displayed video feed of the plurality of video feeds previously displayed on the one or more group devices, the one or more processors configured to cause a replay synchronization signal for beginning the display of the replay sequence and the replay sequence to be transmitted to the one or more group devices; and

a display configured to display portions of the plurality of video feeds corresponding with the replay sequence in response to transmission of the replay synchronization signal to the one or more group devices, the portions of the plurality of video feeds corresponding with the replay sequence are displayed on the mobile device and the one or more group devices at substantially the same time.

9. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein:

the one or more processors configured to cause a plurality of video feed identifiers corresponding with the replay sequence to be transmitted to the one or more group devices; and

the replay time frame comprises a 30 second time window.

10. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein:

the one or more processors configured to determine the one or more group devices based on GPS locations associated with each of the one or more group devices.

11. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein:

the one or more processors configured to detect that the break in action at the live event has occurred by detecting that a game clock associated with the live event is stopped.

12. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein:

the one or more processors configured to cause the replay time frame to be transmitted to the one or more group devices.

13. The mobile device of claim 8, wherein:

the one or more processors configured to detect that each of the one or more group devices is located within a venue hosting the live event.

14. A method for displaying video on a mobile device, comprising:

acquiring a plurality of video feeds of a live event as the live event occurs;

buffering the plurality of video feeds on the mobile device as the live event occurs;

determining one or more group devices based on a physical location of each of the one or more group devices at the live event, the one or more group devices comprise a plurality of computing devices;

detecting that a break in action at the live event has occurred;

determining at the mobile device a replay sequence of the plurality of video feeds in response to detecting that the break in action at the live event has occurred, the determining a replay sequence includes determining a plurality of time periods corresponding with a replay time frame for the replay sequence and determining a video feed identifier for each time period of the plurality of time periods based on a most frequently displayed video feed of the plurality of video feeds previously displayed on the one or more group devices;

transmitting from the mobile device a replay synchronization signal for starting the display of the replay sequence on the one or more group devices and the replay sequence to the one or more group devices; and

displaying on the mobile device and the one or more group devices portions of the plurality of video feeds corresponding with the replay sequence in response to transmitting the replay synchronization signal to the one or more group devices, the portions of the plurality of video feeds corresponding with the replay sequence are displayed on the mobile device and the one or more group devices at substantially the same time.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

transmitting from the mobile device a plurality of video feed identifiers corresponding with the replay sequence to the one or more group devices.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the one or more group devices include a second mobile device different from the mobile device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the determining the one or more group devices includes determining GPS locations associated with each of the one or more group devices.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the detecting that a break in action at the live event has occurred includes detecting that a game clock associated with the live event has been stopped.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting the replay sequence to the one or more group devices prior to transmitting the replay synchronization signal to the one or more group devices.